{"pk":49964,"title":"Socially Situated Navigation: Social Rank and Sex Influence Spatial Navigation Strategies in Japanese Macaques","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Primates' social interactions are grounded in temporal and spatial\nrelationships, with physical proximity commonly used to assess\naffiliation, dominance, and tolerance. Yet proximity is often treated\nas a static, categorical measure rather than a dynamic, continuous\nprocess. Here, we combine computer vision and environmental\nmarkers to precisely quantify short-range social distances in two\ngroups of Japanese macaques housed in large outdoor enclosures.\nOur social tolerance test results show that, when entering a\nfood-baited circle, macaques positioned themselves at\ngreater-than-chance distances from conspecifics, particularly to\ndominants. Furthermore, lower-ranking individuals tended to\nfollow more indirect paths before approaching the food resource,\nsuggesting they weigh social risks alongside physical positioning.\nBy treating social proximity as a dynamic process, our study\nprovides new insights into how primates navigate social and\nphysical environments. This illustrates the potential of our method\nfor more nuanced measures of group organization, tolerance, and\ndecision-making.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Biology; Computer Science; Psychology; Animal cognition; Interactive behavior; Machine learning; Situated cognition; Social cognition"}],"section":"Papers with Poster Presentation","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5482q5v0","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Stephan","middle_name":"P.","last_name":"Kaufhold","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California San Diego","department":""},{"first_name":"Jack","middle_name":"","last_name":"Terwilliger","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, San Diego","department":""},{"first_name":"Federico","middle_name":"","last_name":"Rossano","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, San Diego","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2025-01-01T15:00:00-03:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/49964/galley/37926/download/"}]}